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It now takes an average of 31 days to schedule a physician appointment in 15 of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S.
Epic has built an API to automatically connect the VA database with non-VA hospitals, work that was previously done manually, says Matthew McCay, MultiCare Health System's veteran advocacy manager, and Epic's Brett Barker.
CMS is ramping up financial oversight to identify and stop what it deems to be improper spending.
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Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, says timely, data-driven insights are needed to improve public health, and partnering with innovators to develop new tools can help advance these efforts.
The MAHA Commission says more rigorous clinical trials are needed for children's vaccines, while PhRMA defends current practices.
VA partner for veteran transportation">.
94% of employers say they will raise their expectations of well-being vendors in the hope of delivering improved outcomes.
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Dr. Maheshwara Rao Appannan, digital health division director at Malaysia's Ministry of Health and a HIMSS Changemaker Award recipient, has been given the task to use digital health maturity to transform the public health system and to better serve its population.
The preliminary injunction requires HHS to submit by EOD today a status report on how it's complying.
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Treatment includes taking out white cells in CAR-T cell therapy to reprogram them to kill certain cancers and using stem cell gene therapy to stop disease progression, says Boro Dropulić, executive director of Caring Cross.